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יום חמישי, 23 במאי 2013

A visit to Beit Gemal Convent

Today was quite a warm but othrwise, nice and bright day. Nilly, my daugter took her friend Heda and me to visit the Beit Gemal Abbey situated on the way to Jeusalem.

We had a nice welcome by the nuns who knew Heda personally. Heda is a professional photographer who several years ago exhibited her work at the convent. Several of her beautiful photographs still hang in the convent' lobby.

We were taken along to see parts of this beautiful convent. I was thrilled to see a large diorama displaying
scene from the Old and New Testaments.

Nilly took lots of photos, a few I will share with you.

The entrance, hidden by trees.

The lobby or visiors room, with Heda's photographs on the wall.

The diorama. Poke the picture to see better.

Gorgeous, hand painted ceramics which are sold at the convent's shop

It was one of those peaceful days that left me with a sense of tranquility.

What a beautiful place it looks wonderful. I am very happy that you had such a lovely day. Your pictures are wonderful thank you for sharing. I love all the ceramics like Birgit I also want to know if you resisted :DHugs Maria

A peaceful day that left you with a sense of tranquility. Dear Drora, I need a day like that. But I cannot travel all the way to Israel to achieve it. Perhaps just a day sitting on my balcony might help. In a few days, they will be tearing it down and rebuilding it I don't know when. So I will not have a balcony this summer. How I would love to visit Israel! That diorama is exquisite. It seems like such a serene place. Perhaps I should become a nun and live in a convent and enjoy serenity. Serenity now! Don't mind me, dear Drora, I just needed to express myself. I wish I could remember for once which button to press on.

It must be very special to stay and live in, our historical background. If I could visit these places, I also believe I could find a special tranquility.It is something very beautiful pottery. Beautiful nature picture and the other pictures are also very good. It sounds like a great day for all three of you. Thanks for that you would share it with us.HugsWyrna

Dearest Drora, this must have been a wonderful day to make this trip with your daughter and her friend. I can imagine that this day left you with a peaceful feeling. The pictures you show to us are wonderful, I would love to visit the place.Warm hugs, Ilona

Hello Drora, I am sorry to be late with my comment but I have to say I really enjoyed this post with beautiful pictures. I wish I could have been there too and visit the convent. I hope you have real nice days ahead of you.

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My name is Drora. My hobbies are dollhouse miniatures, classical music, folklore arts and crafts from all over the world. My interests are languages and books.
I collect dollhouse miniatures and also make some myself. I have a small collection of books on this subject and for a long while subscribed to a dollhouse magazine.